A lone figure fights against real evil in the darkness. His methods are brutally effective but considered by many to be extra-judicial. The people need him to do what he does, to be who he is. They fear what he fights against but do not understand it. They hate themselves for being afraid, for needing him and they transfer their hatred to their protector.
His nemesis also operates out of the shadows, less by necessity than by choice. He cares nothing for civilization or its trappings. He doesn’t want your money, or anything else that you have – he only wants for you not to have it. He is, almost certainly, insane by any objective standard.
These two guys? Maybe not who you think, according to mystery writer Andrew Klavan.
That was sort of a cute comparison…
I have yet to meet a single other person that did not like the movie. I know there is at least one other out there who thought it wasn’t any good. I hated it.
I was thinking for a moment you were talking about The Tick and the Internal Revenue Service.
I wish I went to college. Then I’d grasp subtext.
I think he may be making just a *bit* of a stretch.
I’m fairly certain that W is NOT what the producers were thinking of when they were checking out the script for this movie.
Still an interesting comparison though.
Sarkozy would be a better fit for the role.. after all, he did get the girl.
And this is a perfect example why I was not an English major: everything has to have subtext and thematic underpinnings. Extra credit if you find it to be political and scandalous.
It’s a good movie. Even transcends the “comic book film” genre. Jabs at George? Undeniably the cell phone sonar bit. Much else? Meh. It’s an action movie; enjoy the explosions. The end.
Bush as Batman? That’s rich. I think he’s more suited for a Robin Hood movie-as the Sheriff of Nottingham.
That’s the trouble with analogy, eventually it runs smack dab into one’s opinions and is either perfectly correct or an asinine stretch.
Which, though the writer has a point, GWB’s legacy will be decided a full fifty years from now, when those who had a personal stake in how it ends have passed on or are no longer commenting.
The only politician in my recollection to have his legacy shaped within 20 years of leaving office was Winston Churchill, and that only because he wrote the history that defined his legacy.
– Max
– Max
Skipyee, Skipyee, Skippyee, how come you izz so hard on the cowboy? Wasn’t the Sheriff of Nottingham in the business of collecting confiscatory taxes from the peasants–and weren’t both Robin Hood and Batman defenders of the common man? And didn’t Bush lower taxes on the the common man and rich alike? I would think Bush would be your hairy hero–unless, that is, its fine with you if the money you earn should be taken by the modern day sheriff to be given, willy nilly, to other people who didn’t work for it.
Guess us old whitehats just aren’t as sophisticated and jaded as all ya’ll “critics of the critic. ”
Yeah sure, it’s “only” a comic book character. Seems to me that other man in tights said it pretty well back in the day.
“Truth, Justice and the American Way. ”
Covers it pretty well today.
I thought the WSJ analogy rocked. Thanks for the link Cap’n.
Guess me and my mine have a genetic disposition to be swayed into volunteering as cannon fodder. Great granddad^n was a fool at Valley Forge. Probably sold on some simplistic “noble cause” by that silver tongued, wooden toothed “other George.”
Holy re-do Batman!
Someone still has to show me how Bush lowered my taxes-I’m not seeing in my W-2 every year. My taxes are percentage wise the same as they were when he took office. Plus I did not get a stimulus check because of the chicken s**t way the law was written.
Plus , any tax reduction that may or may not be there is offset by a higher cost of living because he has pursued policies that :a) make the dollar weaker-b) things I buy more expensive and/or harder to get.
Skippy, I’d like you to very carefully read article 1 section 7 of the US Constitution. A president can propose, can present a budget, can sign what is passed but it is the US House that authorizes the spending of every dollar and the Congress that creates the tax code. Let’s place the blame where it is due, not on the figurehead but on the bone-heads. We’ve been asleep at the switch for 40 years on our budget, conveniently ignoring the entitlement portions. That’s 40 Trillion coming due as the boomers retire, and it’s off the books.
It’s interesting to note that the Constitution requires Representatives to be at least 25 years old, and the President to be at least 35. In 1800, the average life expectancy in the United States was age 36. Were the Constitution to be updated, one would have to be 77 to run for the POTUS slot, and 50 to run for a representative position.
I guess they wanted elders in office who’d, you know, seen a few winters and weren’t likely to make rash decisions knowing their kids would have to pay the bills for it. Doesn’t seem to have worked out quite as planned, has it?
Hard to believe we went to war with Britannia for excessive taxation — almost 12% — as the main cause.
– Max
Skippy, I’m surprised that an intelligent man like yourself would put forth an argument like that. I’m just a dumb shipfitter with a high school education (with a major in girls) and even I know the pursestrings are held by Congress. The most the President has is the power of the bully pulpit, something I wish President Bush had used much more often over the years.
Looks like this “Robin Hood” movie would be a great movie to watch just like the movie about King Arthur..*: